#ture

I admire our ancestors, whoever they were. I think the first self-conscious person must have shaken in his boots. Because as he becomes self-conscious, he's no longer part of nature. He sees himself against nature. He looks at the vastness of the universe and it looks hostile. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

#against #ancestors #because #becomes #boots

Mother Nature is not sweet. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

#mother nature #nature #sweet

I'd say that after my father passed my writing changed, it went deeper. Most would say 'matured' but I don't think I'd use that word in relation to my progress. I think 'change' is a little more accurate. ↗

— Rick Springfield

#after #change #changed #deeper #father

My first crush was Hayley Mills when I was a little kid in England. I used to kiss her picture goodnight. ↗

— Rick Springfield

#england #first #goodnight #hayley #her

Child actors come off as work being their life and doing it 24/7, but I still have those days where it's totally, like, whatever: shopping, movies, adventures. ↗

— Hailee Steinfeld

#being #child #child actors #come #days

A sculpture is just a painting cut out and stood up somewhere. ↗

— Frank Stella

#just #out #painting #sculpture #somewhere

I was worried in the '80s that the best abstract painting had become obsessed with materiality, and painterly gestures and materiality were up against the wall. ↗

— Frank Stella

#against #become #best #gestures #had

When I'm painting the picture, I'm really painting a picture. I may have a flat-footed technique, or something like that, but still, to me, the thrill, or the meat of the thing, is the actual painting. I don't get any thrill out of laying it out. ↗

— Frank Stella

#any #get #i #laying #like

In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future. ↗

— Stendhal

#better #future #had #hope #lost

Never make predictions, especially about the future. ↗

— Casey Stengel

#especially #future #make #never #predictions